re: 'Joker: Folie a Deux' Official Trailer #1

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Easy to dunk on this but I'm willing to give it a chance.

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I was very critical of the casting, but I'll give it a shot. What made the first one so successful to me was that for the first time on screen that I can remember, you were immediately faced with the reality that the Joker is a legit mentally-ill individual who just happens to go on a crime spree.

The best villains toe that line of being 49% relatable, and I think Phillips did an outstanding job of communicating Arthur's illness and just how fed up with the world he was.

I'm definitely in the camp of folks who think that much of this happens in either or both of their heads, and if it turns out that HQ is the abuser in the relationship, (at least at first) then that wouldn't shock me in the least.